fuilchoirpín

Irish

Etymology

From fuil (“blood”) +‎ coirpín (“corpuscle”).

Noun

fuilchoirpín m (genitive singular fuilchoirpín, nominative plural fuilchoirpíní)

1. (hematology, cytology) blood corpuscle

Declension

Declension of fuilchoirpín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fuilchoirpín fuilchoirpíní vocative a fhuilchoirpín a fhuilchoirpíní genitive fuilchoirpín fuilchoirpíní dative fuilchoirpín fuilchoirpíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fuilchoirpín na fuilchoirpíní genitive an fhuilchoirpín na bhfuilchoirpíní dative leis an bhfuilchoirpín don fhuilchoirpín leis na fuilchoirpíní

Synonyms

• coirpín fola

Related terms

• cill fola, fuilchill (“blood cell”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuilchoirpín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuilchoirpín	fhuilchoirpín	bhfuilchoirpín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuilchoirpín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN